diff --git a/modules/user/user.module b/modules/user/user.module
index c484c68..87d67cb 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/modules/user/user.module
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ function user_save($account, $array = array(), $category = 'account') {
   if (sizeof($authmaps) > 0) {
     user_set_authmaps($user, $authmaps);
   }
+  cache_clear_all($account->uid, 'users');
 
   return $user;
 }
diff --git a/sites/default/modules/memcache/memcache-session.inc b/sites/default/modules/memcache/memcache-session.inc
index d302a28..13b98e2 100644
--- a/sites/default/modules/memcache/memcache-session.inc
+++ b/sites/default/modules/memcache/memcache-session.inc
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ function sess_write($key, $value) {
   $session->session = $value;
   $session->timestamp = time();
 
+  // Be sure that we have the latest user object.  If user_save() has been
+  // called, we need to refresh the object from the database.
+  $user = sess_user_load($session);
+
   // If this is an authenticated user, or there is something to save in the
   // session, or this is an anonymous user who currently has nothing in the 
   // session but did have something in session storage, write it to memcache.